Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-15
LOCAL BREYITIES.

A special train of oranges left for the East
| last night.
The Sacramento river rose three inches
| yesterday, registering 20 feet inches.
Deputy Sheriff Newbert conveyed S.
Ahrens to the asylum at Stockton yester-
| day.
A carload of running horses from the
| Grant were shipped to San Francisco yes
terday, to participate in the Blood-Horse
| races.
Forty-one carloads of sheep were for
warded yesterday from the Rancho del
Paso to Mr.. Haggin's ranch in Tulare
county.
DIR. w. W. McFarlane, of Woodland, has
/ been appointed Superintendent of the In
| sane Asylum at San Jose, and will move
with his family to that place about the LIST
of May.
These arrests were made yesterday
Mrs. Ella Pierce, by officer Lowell, for be-
ing drunk; Edward O'Meara, by officers
ceny-stealing chickens; John Robertson,
| by officer Mccormack, for being drunk.
The steamer Dover cleared for the upper
Sacramento yesterday, with merchandise,
and the steamer San Joaquin, No. 4, for
San Francisco, with wood. The steamer
| Empire City passed through, en- route from
Stockton to the upper Sacramento, light.
The United States Railroad Commissions
ers came up from San Francisco last even
ing, and left by special train for the front
of the California and Oregon Railroad, ac-
| companied by Colonel G. F. Croker and
others, to inspect the sections of road re-
Gently completed.
From detective Thacker, who came
| down from Auburn yesterday it is learned
| that the man recently arrested on suspicion
of his being the individual who lately
robbed the Forest Hill and Auburn stage,
has been set at at liberty, as there was not
| any direct evidence against him.
Sweetmeats Social Club organized last
evening, as follows: w. F. Peterson, Pres
ident; Gus. Soderer, Vice-President Geo.
| Schirman, Secretary Herman Fisher.
| Treasurer; Fred. Harjes. Sergeant-at-Arms,
The object of the club is to promote social
intercourse among the confectioners.
st. Luke's Episcopal Church has been
permanently organized at Woodland, with
| Rev. Mr.. Hoge as rector, and the following
| officers: Vestrymen-C. w. Bush, John
Johnson, F. G. Baker, G. c. Grimes. War
dense. c. Grimes, Francis Johnson. Del
| egates-J. ]. Bowman, ]. Robinson, Fran
els Johnson, c. w. Bush, G. c. Grimes.
The Secretary of the Board of Directors
of the Protestant Orphan Asylum states
that the reason for the absence of the ma
jority of the Board at the annual meeting
called for Wednesday was that q formal
| adjournment had been agreed upon by
members to give the Secretary time to COM
plete her annual report, which had been
delayed on account of sickness.
The average Signal Service temperature
in Sacramento yesterday was $3.50, which
is 1.7o higher than the average tempera-
ture for that day during nine years. The
rainfall for the storm, up to O'Clock yes
terday morning, was 30 of an inch, max
ing 1892 inches for the season, as against
31.31 inches to an equal date last year. The
highest and lowest temperature yesterday
was go and 47o, with fresh to brisk north
erly winds and weather clear to fair and
clear.
A man named F. H. Wash, en- route
from San Francisco for st. Louis, was
taken in charge at the depot by officers Car
roll and Rowland Wednesday night, he
being too much intoxicated to be able to
| take care of himself. Yesterday he was at
liberty to go about town, and last evening
called at the station house to get his prop
erty Officer Rider escorted him to the de-
pot, but during the day he had got so
full " that on arrival at the depot he was
| no better off than twenty-four hours previ-
ously, and he was returned to the station
house, where he will be kept from liquor
until train time tonight.
| Speaking of the case of the Chinawoman
Lin Ting, arrested at Mission in San
Francisco on charge of embezzlement
preferred by a Sacramento Chinaman, and
which case comes up for examination be-
fore Justice Post to day, District Attorney
Bruner says that he inquired into the mat
| ter carefully before the warrant was issued,
| and came to the conclusion that the charge
was made in good faith. In any event,
| it is not probable that the woman's former
master will get possession of her. If she
| is guilty, of course she goes to prison and
| if she is discharged, she will return to the
Mission with the matron, who is here and
has charge Of her while she is out on bail.